Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease caused by or arising in consequence of filth.
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Examples
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Typhus is a filth-disease, of all the most dreaded.
My Dog is avenged 1901
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Typhus is a filth-disease, of all the most dreaded.
The Making of an American Riis, Jacob A 1901
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Had the deaths come from some filth-disease, such as typhus fever, or even from enteric or diphtheria, the sanitation of the camps might be held responsible.
The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Typhus is a filth-disease, of all the most dreaded.
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